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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN A. I-IATTER, OF VIOKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLESTER H. BOYD, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION STEAM-COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,604, dated February23, 1897. Application filed September 18, 1896. Serial No. 606,256. N ml-l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. HATTER, residing at Vicksburg, in the countyof Warren and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and ImprovedCombination Steam-Cooker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to a steamcooker, and more particularlyto a combination steam-cooker capable of cooking soups, meats,vegetables, puddings, and simultaneously producing drip-coffee.

Another object of the invention is to provide a steam-cooker capable ofcooking a number of different articles in different compartments,thereby keeping each. article entirely separate or independent of theothers; and another object is to utilize the steam for the purpose ofcooking any desired number of articles and then utilizing the condensedsteam for the purpose of producing dripcofiee.

Another object is to provide an improved construction of cooking-panwhereby a free circulation of steam is obtained; and another object isto provide an improved construction of pudding-pan whereby the puddingcan be readily removed from the pan without breaking.

A still further object of my invention is to provide means whereby afull and complete circulation of the steam is obtained.

With these various objects in view my invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the various parts and in their novel combination orarrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my combination-cooker arranged upon a kitchentableand connected with a steam-generator arranged upon an ordinarycooking-stove. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of mycombination cooker. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is atransverse section on the line 6 6 of'Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail view ofone of the cooking-pans. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe pudding-pan s.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the pan-supporting rack. Fig. 10 is a detailsectional view of the steam-generator.

In carrying out my invention I employ a metal receptacle A, which inplan View is rectangular in shape, but in side elevation is a peculiarconstruction, inasmuch as it gradually tapers upward toward the rearend, thereby rendering the rear end shallower than the forward end. Therear end is supported upon a suitable leg B, and at one corner theforward end is supported upon a leg B.

The forward or deep end of the cooker is intended to be used as asoup-compartment O, and is provided with a false bottom D, and beneaththe bottom proper, E, is arranged the coifee-urn F, said coifee-urnprojecting slightly beyond the side of the cooker and has an opening inthe top of such projecting portion, which is adapted to be closed by acover F. p

G indicates the steam-generator, having an open gage G at one side, andfitted upon such steam-generator is a cover G from which leads a pipeG3, which in turn connects with a pipe H, arranged upon the forward endof the combination cooker, said pipe being closed at the bottom, andnear the lower end thereof an opening I is produced in the front of thecooker, whereby steam passing from the generator through the pipes willpass into the space beneath the bottom proper, E, and the false bottom Dof the soup-compartment. Directly opposite'the opening I is a secondopening I, which leads into a flue K, which extends rearwardly along thesloping bottom of the cooker and at K and K opens into the cooker, saidopenings being provided with hoods K and K for the purpose of deflectingthe steam. I

A transverse partition L divides the sloping portion of the receptacle Ainto two compartments, the purpose of which will be explained fartheron.

A supplemental or condensing chamber M is arranged upon the side of thereceptacle A adjacent to the projecting end of the coffeeurn, and inorder to have a communication between the receptacle A and thecondensingchamber I provide openings M and M and in order to enable thesteam which enters between the bottoms D and G to have access to thechamber M, I provide openings M so that a portion of the steam enteringthrough the pipe II and opening I will pass upward into the chamber M.Openings M are also produced in the 'side of the receptacle A near theinner end, as most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The partition L isalso provided with perforations L, so that full and complete circulationof steam can behad.

A secondary flue K is arranged near one end of the cooker, and leadinginto the said flue are the openings 1 and at the upper end said fiueopens into the forward portion of the receptacle A, as shown at' I inFigs. 3 and 5, which opening is provided with a hood I.

Supporting-ribs N are arranged in the illterior sides of the cooker nearthe top thereof, and upon which .rests the supporting-rack N for thepurpose of holding the pans O and O in their. proper positions withinthe cooker. The pans 0, four in number, are intended to cook meats,vegetables, and the like, and have perforations O in their sides, whiletheir ends are cut away, as shown at O in order to obtain a freecirculation of steam entirelyacross and throughout the cooker. The pans0, however, have perforations O and one side 0 is made removable, asmost clearly shown in Fig. 8, said side being adapted to be fastened inthe guideways 0 These pans are intended for puddings only and arearranged within the rack to the rear of the partition L, and the purposeof the removable side is to enable the pudding to be readily removedfrom the pan without breaking. Each pan is of course provided with acover, and the entire cooker is also provided with a cover, which coveris held in place by the wire bails P, so that the escape of steam isprevented.

Interior ribs Q are arranged upon the sides of the coffee-compartment,and supported upon said ribs is a coffee-holding bag Q. The bottom E isperforated near one end, as shown at Q in order that a portion of thesteam may pass down into the coffee-compartment, and in orderto directthe said steam to the coffee I provide a suitable guide Q The conden sing-chamber M also extends down into the coffee-compartment and isprovided with a guide Q at its lower end in order to direct thecondensed steam into the coffeeholding bag Q. In this way it will beseen that the condensed steam will be conveyed directly to thecoffee-holding bag and thereby circulate through the colfee beforeentering the compartment. The coffee-urn is provided with a suitablefaucet Q", by means of which the coffee can be drawn off from the urn.

Now in operation the cooker is arranged and connected with thesteam-generator the same as shown in Fig. 1. The steam passesimmediately to the pipe H, then through the openings I and I into theflue K, and from the flue K up through the openings K and K into thebody of the receptacle, it being of course understood that the pan beingpreviously filled with the materials to be cooked, the covers placedthereon and secured. A portion of the steam will also pass through theopenings M and out through the openings M and M, thereby coming incontact with the upper portions of the pans and also into thesoup-compartment. The steam will also pass upward through the opening Ithrough the flue K out through the opening I into the forward part ofthe receptacle. It will thus be seen that a full and completecirculation of steam is had throughout the entire cooker, and, as thepans are all provided with perforations in their sides and openings intheir ends, it will be readily seen that the passage of the steamthroughout the cooker is practically unobstructed. A portion of thecondensed steam will flow down the inclined bottom of the receptacle Aand pass into the soup-compartment. The balance of the condensed steam,however, will pass down through the perforations Q and also down throughthe condensing-chamber M into the coffee-urn, and, as before described,all of the condensed steam led into the coffee-urn is carried directlyto the coffee-holding bag, thereby subjecting the coffee to the actionof the hot water before passing into the body of the urn, therebyproviding an excellent quality of drip-coffee.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eXoeedingly cheap and simpleconstruction of combination steam-cooker, one capable of cooking severaldifferent varieties of food at one and the same time and simultaneouslyproducing drip-coffee from the condensed steam, and it will also benoticed that I provide two improved constructions of saucepans, wherebya free circulation of steam is obtained and also by means of which apudding can be removed without being broken.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. An improved steam-cooker having soupand coffee compartments at one end, the opposite end being essentiallytrough-shaped and adapted to hold a series of saucepans, a cover and asteam pipe leading into the trough-shaped portion of the cooker thecondensed steam being adapted to drop back into the coffee and soupcompartments substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved steam-cooker, having soup and coffee compartments at oneend, the opposite end being essentially trough-shaped, saidtrough-shaped portion having a double bottom, a steam-pipe leading intothe spaces between the bottom and a series of saucepans arranged in thetrough-shaped portion, said trough shaped portion having openings at thebottom whereby the condensed steam is discharged into the soup andcoffee compartments, and the cover and means for securing the same inplace substantially as shown and described.

3. In a steam-cooker, the combination with a suitable receptacle havinga soup-compartment near one end and a coffee-urn arranged below thesoup-receptacle, of the condensingchamber arranged upon the side of thereceptacle,the steam-pipe leading into the space between the soup andcoffee compartments, the fines for conducting the steam from the saidsteam-space through the bottom of the receptacle, substantially as shownand decribed.

4. In a steam-cooker, the combination with a receptacle having asoup-compartment at the forward end, the coffee-urn arranged below thesoup-compartment, the condensingchamber arranged upon the side of thereceptacle, the openings between the said receptacle and condenser, thesteam-pipe leading into the steam-space and the fines for conducting thesteam from the said steamspace up through the bottom of the receptacle,substantially as shown and described.

5. In a steam-cooker, the combination with the receptacle having asoup-compartment and coffee-urn, of the condensing-chamber arranged atone side of the cooking-receptacle, the steam pipe and generator, thecoffeeholding bag arranged within the urn and means for conducting thecondensed steam into the said coffee-holding bag, substantially as shownand described.

6. In a steam-cooker, the combination with the receptacle, of thesupporting-rack, the pans arranged within the said rack, the coffee urnarranged beneath the soup-compartment, of the receptacle, thecondensing-chamber arranged at the side of the receptacle, thesteam-pipe and flue, said steam-space having openings leading into thecondensing-chamber and fines all arranged and adapted to opcratesubstantially as shown and described.

JOHN A. I-IATTER.

Witnesses;

ARTHUR WRIGHT, T. J. BILLETT.

